I don't have male friends nor female friends. Just friends. How about you?
The lived experiences that make people who they are as individuals, is exactly why we are friends. So I always respect the way a person wants sraised and loves their life, it manifests on many levels, and I respect and am unafraid of naming them, as best I can.
Like saying I'm not friends with blondes or brunettes or fat people or skinny people? Just people.